Are satellite-based solution cost-effective for small toll road networks?
In general, system costs for toll system depend on a number of basic parameters which include the number and fluctuation of vehicles to be equipped with OBUs and the complexity of the rate model (number of sections, measurements of distances, location and/or time-dependent toll collection, city tolls etc. as well as possible combinations of these variants). Costs of satellite-based solutions rather tend to be determined by the quantity of OBUs required, while costs of DSRC solutions depend more on the complexity of the toll road networks (number of sections). In addition, there will be an increasing number of external scaling aspects in the future such as co-use of the OBU in or by interoperable toll systems in other countries. The current development in many countries shows that the volume of toll roads pricing is continually changing and expanded. A satellite-based road-pricing solution is able to perform these changes at short-notice and without the need for any additional investmen
